New Britain

New Britain
Les Racines du Folksong Américain - The Roots of American Folksong
The Boston Camerata - Joel Cohen, dir.
Erato 2292-45474-4 [Cass.]
Erato 2292-45474-2 [CD]
Apex (Warner) 2564-61984-2 [CD]

Contents:

    I. Opening music

    Anon., Southern Europe, 10th c.
  1. a) Judicii signum
    Anon., The Sacred harp, Philadelphia, 1860
    b) The great day

    2. Anon., Provence, ca. 1200
  2. a) Calenda maia
    Anon., New Mexico, 1953
    b) Cuando por el oriente

    3. II. Old and new France

    Anon., Québec, 1914
  3. a) Rossignolet du bois joli
    Borlet, ca. 1400
    b) Rossignolet del bos jolin

    4. Anon., Québec, 1914
  4. a) Dans Paris y-a-t-un' barbière
    Loyset Compère, ca. 1500
    b) Allons-nous faire faire la barbe

    5. Anon., Québec, 1914
  5. a) Mon père m'a mariée
    Anon., ca. 1500
    b) Mon père m'a mariée

    6. Anon., Canada, ca. 1900
  6. a) Gabriel Nazareth
    Jean Planson, 1587
    b) Une nymphe jolie

    7. Anon., Québec, 1914
  7. a) C'est en passant par Varennes
    Jacob Arcadelt, ca. 1568
    b) Margo labourés les vignes

    8. Jean Baptiste Besard, 1603
  8. a) Bransles de village
    Anon., Québec, 1914
    b) Il était une Cendrillon

    9. Anon., Québec, 1914; Amsterdam, ca. 1620; Belgium 20th c
  9. C'est dans la ville de Bytowm

    10. III. Wandering songs and Ballads

    Anon., France, ca. 1475
  10. a) Il est venu le petit oysillon
    Anon., Germany, 1619
    b) An jenem Tag, nach Davids sag
    Anon., England, 1859
    c) Barbara Allen
    Anon., Tennessee, 1937
    d) Barbara Allen
    Anon., Georgia, 1855
    e) Heavenly dove

    11. Anon., Virginia, 1931
  11. a) Chevy Chase
    Anon., England, ca. 1550
    b) The kinges hunt is upp
    Anon., England, ca. 1590
    c) The English hunt's up

    12. Anon., Scotland, ca. 1650
  12. a) My love gave me a cherry
    Anon., Nova Scotia, 1950
    b) I gave my love a cherry

    13. Thomas Ravenscroft, 1611
  13. Hey, ho, nobody at home

    14. Anon., Texas, 1950
  14. a) There were three crows
    Thomas Ravenscroft, 1611
    b) There were three ravens

    15. Anon., Scotland, ca. 1620
  15. a) Lady Cassilles lilt
    Anon., Ohio, 1925
    b) Gipsy Davy

    16. Anon., Scotland, 1790
  16. The Jolly Beggar

    17. Anon., Thaunton, Mass., 1934
  17. a) Billy boy
    Anon., Northern England, ca. 1920
    b) Billy boy

    18. Diego Ortiz, 1654
  18. a) Ricercada premera
    Anon., North Carolina, 1916
    b) Betty Anne

    19. Singing School [The Social Harp (Georgia 1855)] & Folk Polyphony in the US

    Anon., The Social harp, Georgia, 1855
  19. Singing school

    20. William Billings Boston, 1794
  20. Thomas-Town

    21. Anon., The Sacred harp, Philadelphia, 1860
  21. New Britain (Amazing grace)

    22. The Social harp
  22. Parting friends

    23. The Social harp
  23. Hallelujah

Playing time: 68' 00"

Performers:
The Boston Camerata [Roberta Anderson (soprano), Anne Azéma (soprano), Marilyn Boenau (dulcian, krumhorn, recorder, shawm, bassoon), Joel Cohen (baritone, lute guitare), Kenneth Fitch (counter-tenor), Jane Hershey (treble viol, tenor viol, recorder, violon), Herman Hildebrand (baritone), William Hite (tenor), Don Saint-Jean (tenor), Laura Jeppesen (treble viol, bass viol), Sharon Kelley (soprano), Carol Lewis (treble viol, bass viol), Fred Raffensperger (counter-tenor), Mark Ramsey (alto horn, sackbut, flute recorder, lute), David Ripley (bass), Margaret Swanson (soprano)] - Joel Cohen, dir.

Recording site and date:
Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., USA [1990 or prior]

Excerpts (original release):
[1b, 15a] Erato 4509-91777-2 Music and Memory - Musiques et Mémoires

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Pierre-F. Roberge